Jonathan Raz
Tel Aviv
Summary
Analytical intelligence and data research professional with 9 years of experience investigating adversarial behavior, detecting anomalies, and turning large, messy datasets into real-time recommendations in high-stakes environments. Experienced working across multi-source intelligence systems, SQL-based and technical data-mining environments, AI-assisted workflows, and ML-adjacent research. Combines deep investigative rigor with hands-on operational and product experience, including fraud and abuse detection, user-behavior analysis, churn analytics, and workflow automation. Strong communicator, comfortable presenting complex findings to senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams. Native-level English and Hebrew.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Product & Analytics Lead
Matchia AI
Tel Aviv
01.2025 - Current
- Analyzed user behavior, churn, retention, and abuse patterns across Mixpanel, Supabase, logs, and other operational data sources.
- Built automated n8n workflows to collect account-deletion reasons, store timestamped records, and surface key churn drivers using LLM-based summarization.
- Scaled product adoption to 20,000 users within 2 months while monitoring retention, trust, and suspicious behavior.
- Investigated fraud and abuse cases including fake profiles, suspicious activity, nudity-related content, and user-reported violations.
Reserve Operational intelligence Team Lead
IDF Intelligence
08.2023 - 04.2026
- Led intelligence activity for time-critical missions, managing a team of 2 to 5 personnel.
- Worked with large mixed intelligence datasets and advanced data-mining environments to detect anomalies and hostile patterns.
- Defined analytical logic and investigative workflows to improve speed, accuracy, and operational support.
- Delivered real-time assessments to senior commanders under pressure.
Intelligence Research Officer
IDF Intelligence
04.2018 - 08.2023
- Conducted multi-source intelligence research on complex operational issues across large-scale datasets.
- Investigated adversarial behavior, communication patterns, anomalies, and emerging threats.
- Worked in advanced data-mining systems with SQL- and Python-based analytical capabilities.
- Specialized in geospatial and imagery-based analysis, including change detection and object identification in aerial data.
- Managed tagging and data-quality workflows for an AI-based aerial identification and change-detection system.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Open University
Ra'anana01-2028
Data Mining & Advanced Research
IDF Intelligence School
ISRAEL07-2020
Visual Intelligence Reaserch
IDF Intelligence School
ISRAEL08-2018
Skills
- Adversarial research and anomaly detection
- Large-scale multi-source data analysis
- SQL and technical data-mining environments
- Fraud, abuse, and suspicious-behavior detection
- AI-assisted workflows and LLM evaluation
- ML concepts, labeling, and model feedback loops
- Geospatial and imagery-based analysis
- Executive briefing and cross-functional collaboration
Accomplishments
Graduated with Honors, IDF Intelligence School
Timeline
Product & Analytics Lead
Matchia AI
01.2025 - Current
Reserve Operational intelligence Team Lead
IDF Intelligence
08.2023 - 04.2026
Intelligence Research Officer
IDF Intelligence
04.2018 - 08.2023
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Open University
Data Mining & Advanced Research
IDF Intelligence School
Visual Intelligence Reaserch
IDF Intelligence School